US Nuclear Data Program Annual Meeting 2025

Name: US Nuclear Data Program Annual Meeting 2025
Start: 2025-10-28T02:15:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-31T18:30:00-04:00
Location: Building 490

28 Oct 2025, 02:15 → 31 Oct 2025, 18:30 US/Eastern

Large Conference Room (Building 490)

Large Conference Room

Building 490

Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973 USA

Catherine-Anne Dunn, David Brown (NNDC-BNL), Elizabeth Ricard (BNL), Gustavo Nobre (BNL)

Description

Tuesday 28 October
- 02:15 → 17:00
  Nuclear structure codes, policies & procedures
  - 14:00
    
    Welcome 15m
    
    Speakers: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL), David Brown (NNDC-BNL)
    
    Welcome.pdf
  - 14:15
    
    Negative effective q-values in B-decay 30m
    
    Speaker: Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
    
    USNDP_NegativeQvalues.pdf
  - 14:45
    
    Gamma-ray intensities from fitting full response functions vs. peak fitting 15m
    
    Speaker: John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
    
    gamma_intensity_fitting.pptx
  - 15:00
    
    Treatment of firm L-transfer assignments based on poor DWBA fit 10m
    
    Speaker: Jun Chen (FRIB/MSU)
    
    2025USNDP_treatment_poor_fit_L-transfer.pdf
  - 15:10
    
    Comments on Spectroscopic Factors from an Astrophysical Perspective 15m
    
    Speaker: Lijie Sun (FRIB/MSU)
    
    C2S_Lijie_Sun.pptx
  - 15:25
    
    Break 30m
  - 15:55
    
    Deduced beta feeding using GTOL and GLSC codes 15m
    
    Speaker: Shamsuzzoha Basunia (LBNL)
    
    Beta feeding_Basunia.pdf
  - 16:10
    
    Brief update on level decay branching ratios in ENSDF 10m
    
    Speaker: John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
    
    kelley-decay-modes.pptx
  - 16:20
    
    Conversion coefficients for transitions with an E0 component 15m
    
    Speaker: Shamsuzzoha Basunia (LBNL)
    
    CC_E0 com_Basunia.pdf
  - 16:35
    
    Assignment of gamma-intensity uncertainties based on authors’ general statement 10m
    
    Speaker: Jun Chen (FRIB/MSU)
    
    2025USNDP_assign_intensity_uncertainties_based_on_range.pdf
  - 16:45
    
    Transition Width 10m
    
    Speaker: John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
    
    Transition_Widths.pdf
Wednesday 29 October
- 09:00 → 12:00
  Nuclear structure codes, policies & procedures
  - 09:00
    
    Beta-shape 20m
    
    Speaker: Xavier Mougeot (CEA)
    
    BetaShape_Status.pdf
  - 09:20
    
    Update on codes 30m
    
    Speaker: Jun Chen (FRIB/MSU)
    
    2025USNDP_update_on_ENSDF_Java_codes.pdf
  - 09:50
    
    Optimizing Context for AI-Assisted ENSDF Formatting 15m
    
    Speaker: Lijie Sun (FRIB/MSU)
    
    AI4ENSDF_Lijie_Sun.pdf
  - 10:05
    
    Break 20m
  - 10:25
    
    AI/ML tools and AI/ML readiness 30m
    
    Speaker: Xihaier Luo
  - 10:55
    
    How can AI/ML be more integrated into the compilation and evaluation proceedures 1h 5m
- 12:00 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h 30m
- 13:30 → 17:00
  General discussion
  - 13:30
    
    NuBase 20m
    
    Speaker: Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
    
    USNDP_AME2026_clean.pdf
  - 13:50
    
    Update on research 30m
    
    Speaker: Ninel Nica (Texas A&M University)
  - 14:20
    
    14N first excited state 15m
    
    Speaker: John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
    
    14N-2313.pptx
  - 14:35
    
    Overview of emission probabilities for a few gammas in U and Pu dacay for safeguards applications 20m
    
    Speaker: Shamsuzzoha Basunia (LBNL)
  - 14:55
    
    Break 30m
  - 15:25
    
    The Online Berkeley Evaluated Alpha and Proton Radioactivity database (BE$\alpha_p$R) - from Li to Og 15m
    
    Speaker: Jon Batchelder (University of California Berkeley)
    
    Batch_NucDatWeek2025.pdf
  - 15:40
    
    Analytic calculator for gamma-ray angular distribution coefficients 15m
    
    Speakers: Dr Aaron Hurst (University of California, Berkeley), David Matters (LBNL)
    
    Hurst_USNDP2025_v3.pdf
  - 15:55
    
    Traineeship Talks 1h
    
    Speakers: Anthony Ramirez (LLNL), Kgashane Malatji (LBNL), Thibault Laplace (University of California Berkeley), Vincent Cheung (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
    
    USNDP_Traineeship_Malatji.pdf
    
    USNDP_Traineeship_Ramirez.pdf
    
    USNDP-TraineeTalk-VC.pdf
Thursday 30 October
- 09:00 → 10:40
  Reporting: Databases
  - 09:00
    
    DDEP 20m
    
    Speaker: Xavier Mougeot (CEA)
    
    DDEP_Status.pdf
  - 09:20
    
    ENSDF/XUNDL/NDS 20m
    
    Speaker: Elizabeth Ricard (BNL)
    
    ENSDF.pdf
  - 09:40
    
    NSR/EXFOR 20m
    
    Speaker: Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)
    
    PritychenkoNSRX42025.pptx
  - 10:00
    
    ENDF 20m
    
    Speaker: Gustavo Nobre (BNL)
    
    USNDP - ENDF report.pdf
  - 10:20
    
    NuDat, Mobile Apps, and DOIs 20m
    
    Speakers: Benjamin Shu, Donnie Mason
    
    2025-10-30-Nuclear-Data-Week-Wallet-Cards.pdf
    
    nudat_mobile_dois.pptx
- 10:40 → 12:00
  Modernization Projects
  - 10:40
    
    Break 20m
  - 11:00
    
    NSR Workflow 20m
    
    Speaker: Benjamin Shu
    
    2025-10-30-Nuclear-Data-Week-NSR.pdf
  - 11:20
    
    chatNSR 20m
    
    Speaker: Ramon Arcilla (NNDC-BNL)
    
    USNDP-chatNSR-Talk.pptx
  - 11:40
    
    ENSDF Schema & Editor 20m
    
    Speaker: Donnie Mason
    
    ENSDF Schema & Editor.pptx
- 12:00 → 13:40
  
  Lunch 1h 40m
- 13:40 → 17:15
  Reactions & structure: Reaction Working Group
  - 13:40
    
    Update on IAEA projects and products 30m
    
    Speaker: Paraskevi Dimitriou (International Atomic Energy Agency)
  - 14:10
    
    Update on Standard Evaluation efforts 20m
    
    Speaker: Allan Carlson (NIST)
    
    USNDP NIST Standards report 2025 final.ppt
  - 14:30
    
    Update on Reaction Theory Development at LANL 20m
    
    Speaker: Toshihiko Kawano (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
    
    USNDP_LANL_Theory.pdf
  - 14:50
    
    Update on Reaction Evaluation at LLNL 20m
    
    Speaker: Andre Sieverding (LLNL)
    
    USNDP2025_reaction_session_LLNL.pdf
  - 15:10
    
    Break 20m
  - 15:30
    
    Estimating Capture Cross-sections Using ML 15m
    
    Speaker: David Brown (NNDC-BNL)
    
    ML-S5D3A2_DavidBrown_MACS.pdf
  - 15:45
    
    Unifying the ENDF free text documentation formats 15m
    
    Speaker: David Brown (NNDC-BNL)
    
    endf-format-with-AI.pdf
  - 16:00
    
    Reaction Topic Discussions 1h
    
    (a) connection between USNDP and nuclear astrophysics
    (b) inter-laboratory reaction evaluator training plan
    (c) role of USNDP Reaction Working Group in relation to CSEWG
    
    Speaker: Hye Young Lee (LANL)
Friday 31 October
- 09:00 → 12:20
  Reporting: Centers
  - 09:00
    
    ANL 20m
    
    Speaker: Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
    
    USNDP_ANL2026_clean.pdf
  - 09:20
    
    TAMU 20m
    
    Speaker: Ninel Nica (Texas A&M University)
  - 09:40
    
    BNL 20m
    
    Speaker: David Brown (NNDC-BNL)
    
    NNDC-lab-report-DavidBrown.pdf
  - 10:00
    
    LANL 20m
    
    Speaker: Hye Young Lee (LANL)
  - 10:20
    
    Break 20m
  - 10:40
    
    LBNL 20m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Lee Bernstein (LBNL/UCB)
    
    LBNL_USNDP_Site_Report_2025-v5.pptx
  - 11:00
    
    LLNL 20m
    
    Speaker: Andre Sieverding (LLNL)
    
    USNDP_center_report.pdf
  - 11:20
    
    MSU 20m
    
    Speaker: Jun Chen (FRIB/MSU)
    
    2025USNDP_MSU_report.pdf
  - 11:40
    
    ORNL 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Caroline Nesaraja (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    
    Nesaraja_USNDP2025.pdf
  - 12:00
    
    TUNL 20m
    
    Speaker: John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
    
    TUNL_usndp_25.pptx
- 12:20 → 14:00
  
  Lunch 1h 40m